Association between antibiotic prescribing and visit duration among patients with respiratory tract infections.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Published: September 2022

Time constraints have been suggested as a potential driver of antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections. In this cross-sectional analysis of national data from visits to offices and emergency departments, we identified no statistically significant association between antibiotic prescribing and the duration of visits for acute respiratory tract infections.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8900143PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.182DOI Listing

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